First because the Place. appoynted oute for that purpose Standent very tollerable neere vnto the
ffeildes,
and soe farr distant and remote frome any person or Place of accompt. As that None cann be Annoyed thearbie:/

Secondlie because the
Erectours of the saied howse
, are contented to give a very liberall porcion of money weekelie, towardes ye
relief of our Poore,
The nomber & necesseity whereof, is soe greate that the same will redounde to ye contynuall comfort of ye
saied Poore:

Thirdlie and Lastlie wee are the rather Contented to accept this meanes of
relief of
our Poore, because our Parrishe is not able to releeue them. Neither hath the
Iustices of the Sheire
taken any order, for any Supplie oute of
ye Countye,
As is enioyed by ye late Acte of Parliamente:/

A: Nicholles’ personal sign resembling an A slanting sharply to the left

Note

This address of the inhabitants of Finsbury to the
Privy Council is undated, but is
probably about January 1599/1600.
It is also printed in Chambers, Elizabethan Stage, vol 2 Appendix D, No. cxxi,
where he dates the document to c April 1600. With the exceptions of signatures and scribal marks, text on f [2] is
written in a second hand.